Running notebook: Can't we all get along?

I saw a story on Facebook this week that grabbed my interest. It seems that after a recent race, a local runner taunted another local runner after beating her by saying, "You'd better get used to it." The second runner had a good comeback - it was her third race of the day.

One of the best qualities about local road racing is the amount of encouragement and support runners give each other. All right, maybe there's an exception that proves the rule. Let's hope that she learns there's always someone better out there, and that it's easier - and better - to stay humble and nice.

That's the sermon for the day. Now let's move on to the weekend calendar, courtesy of buffalorunners.com:

* Soaker 7.7 KM, 1111 Fuhrmann Blvd. in Buffalo, 7 p.m. tonight, 250-6494. If nothing else, you are sure to set a personal best at the distance. Local fire departments will be there to make sure runners are, um, hydrated.

About the reporter

Budd Bailey has served in a variety of roles in Buffalo sports in the past 35 years, including reporter, talk-show host, baseball announcer, public relations staffer and author. He covers the Bandits and running for The News when not working as an editor.